BOGOTA - Colombia has extended coal miner Drummond's licence to operate its La Loma mine for an additional 20 years, the national mining
The Michel Coal Project promises to be a "2020 mine" that uses cutting-edge technology to minimize its impact on the environment and
Mine workers affected by what's believed to be the longest lockout in Australian industrial relations history say they're willing to spend another six months on the picket line. Almost 200 miners who have not worked at the Oaky North coal mine in central Queensland for six months have vowed to keep voting
Moody's Investor Service predicts that the US coal industry will continue a "sharp decline." That is, unless carbon capture and storage (CCS) is deployed. The technology involves capturing carbon emissions from power plants (and other producers), and then burying the emissions underground. Through
TO) says it will take four to six weeks to repair damage at its coal drying complex at its Elkview mine in B.C. following a "significant pressure event" earlier this month. The incident was described by a union executive as an explosion that workers said resulted in a "fireball" shooting through vents in the sides
Teck Resources Ltd. says it will take four to six weeks to repair damage at its coal drying complex at its Elkview mine in B.C. following a "significant pressure event" earlier this month. The incident was described by a union executive as an explosion that workers said resulted in a "fireball" shooting through
Three of the units shut down in 2014, and the coming full closure likely means the coal mine that feeds the plant will shutter, too. The mine is
The proposal was drawn up against backdrop of the fact that opening up commercial coal mining to private miners and auction of blocks
Around the world, coal mining contributed historically to the industrial revolution and played an important part in the development of modern society. But many mines have since been closed in the UK and Europe. In the UK, this led to hard financial times and unemployment in many communities, including
The fateful turn of events in Appalachian mining towns like Bobtown, isolated between craggy bluffs and wooded hills 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, illustrate the seemingly relentless downturn of the coal industry. While President Trump has offered some regulatory relief to the industry, market forces still
Allegiance Coal has signed a binding agreement with Cline Mining to acquire complete ownership interests in New Elk Coal Company (NECC)
Mukul said the Centre had told the state government in the 70s that it had no intention to ban coal mining based on traditional and customary
A new mine proposed near Sparwood could produce its first coal by late 2022 as it moves towards approval. North Coal plans to develop three
James Muncy can trace his breathing problems back to the 1990s, when he was still mining coal. "I couldn't cut grass hardly," he says. "When
MOOSIC, Pa. - A group of fourth graders in Lackawanna County just wrapped up a lesson on the Knox Mine disaster a day after the disaster's
The union that represents miners at Teck's Elkview Mine says it warned the company and province about a series of accidents and explosions. Now the United Steelworkers Union is demanding action before there is a fatality after several incidents recently at Teck's steel-making coal mines in the Elk Valley,
NANJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Meng Hui began learning to play the trumpet at age 21, not for fun, but to earn money, after he lost his job at a coal mine in Mazhuang Village, east China's Jiangsu Province. Some 15 years ago, the village brass band offered him a job with a stable salary. He has continued to
VANCOUVER - The union at a Teck Resources Ltd. coal mine near Sparwood, BC, says it's concerned about worker safety following an explosion that knocked out the mine's coal drying complex last week. Alex Hanson, president of United Steelworkers Local 9346, says someone could have been killed
I am writing in response to the Jan. 5 article "Five-Year Report Assesses Impacts Under 25-Year-Old Mining Law." The article resonated with
(Bloomberg) - A Polish coal mining union chided one of its leaders for meeting climate activist Greta Thunberg as a misstep that undermines